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27.2.04

DECK OF CARDS UPDATE. Bates College media relations officer Doug Hubley, recently named the seven of clubs in the deck of cards naming the 32 Most Unwanted Academic Administrators, has offered a public apology that Critical Mass correctly characterizes:

As an example of ass-covering, this letter isn't bad. But make no mistake that this is what this is. Hubley's is a letter written by a guy who will say what he needs to say in order to keep his job.